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Digicel (Guyana) helps promote ICT among Guyanese girls
Digicel (Guyana) teamed up with the country's National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) headquarters to promote and observe 'Girls in ICT Day', the phone company said in a statement. 'Girls in ICT' is an initiative of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and is a global effort to raise awareness on empowering and encouraging girls and young women to consider…
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St. Kitts and Nevis spearheads SIDS Action Plan at UNESCO Executive Board session
St. Kitts and Nevis and other Caribbean Member States were in a pivotal position during the 196th session of the UNESCO Executive Board held in Paris recently. They were instrumental in securing a consensus and tabling a Draft Resolution calling for a robust UNESCO Action Plan for future activities in small island developing states (SIDS). As one of the Executive Board…
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PANCAP Launches the Local Capacity Initiative Project
Trinidad and Tobago— During and inception meeting 28-29 April, the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) launched its PEPFAR- and USAID-funded Local Capacity Initiative (LCI) Project at the University of the West Indies (UWI), HEU Centre for Health Economics, Sir George Alleyne Building – Auditorium, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. This three-year project seeks to build the capacity…
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CARICOM Secretariat to host Girls in ICT Day event today
The CARICOM Secretariat will be hosting an event on Thursday April 30, 2015 at its Headquarters from 9:00am-2:00pm to commemorate Girls in ICT Day . The event is being hosted as part of a mandate from the CARICOM Heads of Government based on their decision that there should be increased activity with regard to ICT and Youth in 2015 (and beyond). CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan…
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Sir Hilary says UWI is aligned to help drive the region out of recession
Forum on the Future of the Caribbean The Forum on the Future of the Caribbean will be held on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at the St. Augustine Campus of The University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. The next two days of the Forum, May 6-7, will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of-Spain. It will…
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Celebrating Girls in ICT – Girls Can Do It Too!
Port of Spain, 29/4/15 – Over 130 girls of the Bishop's Centenary College were introduced to the limitless possibilities for women in ICTs to commemorate International Girls in ICT Day. The initiative is backed by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) member states to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the burgeoning…
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Haiti’s Private Sector Discusses Bi-national Trade Issues
Haiti’s Private Sector Economic Forum (FESP) and Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIH) organized a workshop on commercial relations and trade of goods and services between Haiti and the Dominican Republic on April 21st with the support of The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export). The event, which was attended by key private sector representatives from the Haitian industrial sector,…
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CARICOM Youth Ambassadors attend Youth Ministers-Youth Leaders Forum
CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) represented at the Caribbean Region Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting and Youth Leaders Forum, in Antigua and Barbuda, April 28th -30th. The meeting is mulling on major youth-related issues including youth employment and entrepreneurship, participation in civic and political processes, the role of young people in peace building and the professionalizing the youth work sector.
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UN ranks T&T as happiest C’bean nation
Trinidad and Tobago has been named the “happiest” Caribbean nation again. With its vibrant lifestyle, dynamic culture, booming business centre, strong government and, of course, largest Carnival celebration in the Caribbean, it is no surprise that the dual-island nation leads the way in happiness, according to the World Happiness Report from the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) released…
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Jamaica gets Cannabis Licensing Authority
Jamaica Observer – The Jamaica Cabinet has given approval for a 16-member Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), which the Government has promised will be set up to regulate the hemp and medicinal ganja industry in Jamaica. Justice Minister Senator Mark Golding, who made the disclosure in an interview with theJamaica Observer on Monday, said members are to be formally notified, and that the industry, investment…
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